A stark warning has been issued to parents just before easter after a young girl "choked" to death on Cadbury's Mini Eggs.

The mother, who did not wish to reveal her name, told how her daughter Sophie, 5, had been eating the chocolate eggs when she suddenly found herself gasping to breathe.

In her post on the parenting site Mumsadvice.co.uk, the mum said she leaped into action to help her using techniques she had learned on a first aid course, reports Mirror Online.

She told how she slapped her daughter's back and pushed up her ribs but it didn't work - and she was left watching "the light slips away from my baby's eyes".

The woman, writing on the online forum section of the website Mumsadvice.co.uk, said: "With Easter coming up I want to warn you all about another deadly choking hazard, one that tragically took away my child.

"It has been just short of three years since my precious little girl Sophie passed away she had choked on a mini egg and I was unable to dislodge it, even with back slaps and pushing up and under her ribs, I had done a first aid course only six months prior to this event so all the techniques to help a choking child were still fresh in my mind but it didn’t help, I watched the light slip away from my babies eyes, I tried in vain to save her. (sic)

"Sophie was 5 1/2 so not a tiny tot yet this seemingly harmless treat took my angel away.

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"If your children enjoy these chocolate treats please watch them extra close and remind them to sit down whilst eating them or avoid them altogether."

She added: "if just one person reads this and watches their toddler, child or teen extra close when eating these my daughter’s death will not be in vain, I would love to have them removed from the shelves but I know this will not happen, but getting parents to be extra vigilant is the best I can do, please watch your babies."

The Cadbury Mini Egg packaging reads: "Choking Hazard: This product is not suitable for children under four" (Image: Amazon)

Users of the forum who read the blog post were offered their condolences to the mum and some claimed they had experienced similar issues when their children when eating treats.

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Vicki Lowther wrote: "Thank you so much for sharing.i buy these and I have a 3 and a half y.o boy.i never give them to him but now I never will.im so sorry for your loss xxx" (sic)

Dinna posted: "My twin girls are 14 years old now , when they were 5 one of them choked on a mini egg and for years after I could not let her have them.

"When I finally did they were cut in half and closely supervised. I’ve never forgotten it and even today when she has them I still have to remind her what happened all those years ago. So sorry for your loss."

A warning on the Cadbury Mini Egg packaging reads: "Choking Hazard: This product is not suitable for children under four".